English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
SOME VERY COMMON ERRORS
1. We pay our staff as at when due (nonstandard).
We pay our staff as and when due (standard).
2. Spread the clothes on the wire (nonstandard).
Spread the clothes on the rope (nonstandard).
Spread the clothes on the washing line (standard).
Spread the clothes on the clothes line (standard).
3. Usain Bolt is back in money (nonstandard).
Usain Bolt is back in the money (standard). To suddenly have a lot of money, especially if you win it or are given it, is to be in the money.
GAB
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